Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 8.0

Chapter 13. Programming

Ninja-1.7.2

Introduction to Ninja

Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.0 platform.

[Note]

Note

Download this file via wget as: 

wget https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v1.7.2.tar.gz \
     -O ninja-1.7.2.tar.gz

Package Information

Ninja Dependencies

Required

Python-2.7.13

Optional

re2c (only needed to modify the build), Emacs-25.1 (to generate lisp files), asciidoc-8.6.9 (to build the manual), and Doxygen-1.8.13 (to build API documenatation)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/ninja

Installation of Ninja

Install Ninja by running the following commands: 

./configure.py --bootstrap

If Emacs is installed and you wish to build lisp files: 

emacs -Q --batch -f batch-byte-compile misc/ninja-mode.el

To test the results, issue the following commands: 

./configure.py &&
./ninja ninja_test &&
./ninja_test --gtest_filter=-SubprocessTest.SetWithLots

Now, as the root user: 

install -vm755 ninja /usr/bin/ &&
install -vDm644 misc/ninja.vim \
                /usr/share/vim/vim74/syntax/ninja.vim &&
install -vDm644 misc/bash-completion \
                /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ninja &&
install -vDm644 misc/zsh-completion \
                /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_ninja

If Emacs is installed, while still the root user: 

install -vDm644 misc/ninja-mode.el \
                /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ninja-mode.el
install -vDm644 misc/ninja-mode.elc \
                /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ninja-mode.elc

If you have asciidoc-8.6.9 installed and wish to build the HTML manual, execute the following commands (as the root user): 

ninja manual &&
install -vDm644 doc/manual.html /usr/share/doc/ninja-1.7.2/manual.html

If you have Doxygen-1.8.13 installed and wish to build the API documentation, execute the following commands (as the root user): 

ninja doxygen &&
install -vDdm644 doc/doxygen/html/* /usr/share/doc/ninja-1.7.2/

Command Explanations

emacs -Q --batch -f batch-byte-compile misc/ninja-mode.el: regenerates the emacs lisp files.

Contents

Installed Programs: ninja
Installed Library: none
Installed Directories: /usr/share/doc/ninja-1.7.2

Short Descriptions

ninja

is the Ninja build system.

Last updated on 2017-02-22 11:24:59 -0800